Trends that you used to be lame but are now in

completedit · 30-08-2020 11:35pm #1

Wearing band t-shirts used to be for middle aged fat rockers, now it's cool and young and trendy to wear a band t-shirt

Playing computer games in adulthood. It used to be seen as strange if a man played playstation past 18 but now it seems commonplace

Grown men liking superheroes

Chris_Heilong · 30-08-2020 11:39pm

completedit wrote: »

Wearing band t-shirts used to be for middle aged fat rockers, now it's cool and young and trendy to wear a band t-shirt

Playing computer games in adulthood. It used to be seen as strange if a man played playstation past 18 but now it seems commonplace

Grown men liking superheroes

Most people form their interests from an early age, these interests are been catered to by big corporations so it makes sense. The people in band t shorts now while grow into the old people you mentioned and then it will fall out of fashion.

AllForIt · 30-08-2020 11:41pm

What's a band t-shirt? ( edit, oh a rock band, duh.)

My adult friend and I used to enjoy playing a golf game on Playstation. Competing against each other. And I love Tomb Raider, but not an avid gamer.

I don't think grown men like superheros per se, it's the movies they like. Bit of an X-Men movie fan myself. Many superhero movie are in fact pure garbage it has to said.

Bobblehats · 30-08-2020 11:41pm

Lamé is making a comeback this season I see

KungPao · 31-08-2020 2:30am

Beards.

Used to be only old men, smelly rockers and Geography teachers/Sinn Fein leaders who sported the full face warmer.

Now it’s every second man. Although I think the trend has peaked and Is starting to die off.

Badly Drunk Boy · 31-08-2020 2:43am

I've always been into music, going to gigs since I was a teenager but I've never worn a band t-shirt. My friend who usually goes to gigs with me nearly always buys a band t-shirt at a gig, and he's 50 now. Different people are into different stuff...

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 31-08-2020 2:50am

The computer games thing is a newer one all right. I'm mid thirties and would have been part of one of the first generations of home console owners (in Ireland, at least) from the time I was 6 or 7 years old. I grew up with them, to me they're as normal as going to see a movie. I'll always be into gaming, on some level.

Ekerot · 31-08-2020 2:54am

Wearing band t shirts has always been the hip thing to do

Del2005 · 31-08-2020 3:22am

Tattoos. Where considered only for scumbags and now everyone has their unique tribal or sleeve tat. Can't wait till they go back out of fashion, it's not the 1st time having tats is popular.

Quantum Erasure · 31-08-2020 3:43am

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

I'll always be into gaming, on some level.

:pac: o o o

FanadMan · 31-08-2020 4:44am

completedit wrote: »

Wearing band t-shirts used to be for middle aged fat rockers, now it's cool and young and trendy to wear a band t-shirt

At least us middle aged fat rockers actually know the bands that are on our t-shirts. Was talking to a friends daughter recently.....she's about 19 or so. Commented on her Ramones t-shirt - she hadn't a feckin clue who they were!

I still have my battle vest and would wear it with pride if there were any gigs to go to.

Skill Magill · 31-08-2020 5:23am

Battle Vest

:D:D

Reminds me of Saxondale

pgj2015 · 31-08-2020 9:01am

KungPao wrote: »

Beards.

Used to be only old men, smelly rockers and Geography teachers/Sinn Fein leaders who sported the full face warmer.

Now it’s every second man. Although I think the trend has peaked and Is starting to die off.

beards make everyone look the same, especially fat guys with beards. There is a guy who i cant stand, a fat guy with a beard, so i keep thinking i see him everywhere but its just another fat guy with a beard lol

Thelonious Monk · 31-08-2020 12:03pm

Penney's were selling Ramone's t-shirts worn by young ones who wouldn't be able to name one of their songs, about 15 years ago. I think you're a bit late to the party with the band t-shirts being cool for youths again.

the purple tin · 31-08-2020 4:31pm

Lord of the Rings was for nerds only before the films came out.
Same with GOT. Although a lot of fans of the series and films don't bother reading the books.

Pyr0 · 31-08-2020 5:07pm

I've worn band t-shirts since I was a young teenager and I still do. In fact, I probably have more t-shirts/long-sleeves than I do pairs of jocks as this stage.

Music is a big part of my life and the band t shirts go hand in hand for me, so I hope my interest in them doesn't fade "as i get older"

Archeron · 31-08-2020 5:35pm

Home brew. When my da used to it many years ago, it was because it was cheaper than buying beer, not because he like the microparticles that infused in it under the stairs.

Big tin of brown gooey stuff, some white powder and about 80 litres of water in a big drum, leave to fester in a dark place for six months, then bottle it in whatever you can find including beerbottles, jam jars and pickled onion jars . Best served with a grimace and a full ashtray.

Church on Tuesday · 31-08-2020 6:31pm

Pyr0 wrote: »

I've worn band t-shirts since I was a young teenager and I still do. In fact, I probably have more t-shirts/long-sleeves than I do pairs of jocks as this stage.

Music is a big part of my life and the band t shirts go hand in hand for me, so I hope my interest in them doesn't fade "as i get older"

I found the fact you could buy Metallica tees in Penneys a couple years ago beyond depressing.

the purple tin · 31-08-2020 10:08pm

A lot of trendy young women are knitting now, that used to be the preserve of the little old lady.

Your Face · 31-08-2020 10:46pm

Lads wearing earrings.

Pyr0 · 31-08-2020 11:30pm

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

I found the fact you could buy Metallica tees in Penneys a couple years ago beyond depressing.

I agree with you there, nothing worse than seeing a classic metal/rock band become part of popular fashion.

31-08-2020 11:34pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Penney's were selling Ramone's t-shirts worn by young ones who wouldn't be able to name one of their songs, about 15 years ago. I think you're a bit late to the party with the band t-shirts being cool for youths again.

Do you mean Penney's was selling Ramones tshirts 15 years ago? Because I saw some in Penney's about a year ago.

ILoveYourVibes · 31-08-2020 11:44pm

Jedward haircuts and huge quiffs ...very tight jeans for men.

FoxyVixen · 31-08-2020 11:45pm

Chunky Caterpillar eyebrows are now in. Have been for a few years I guess at this point. I don't understand it. What was wrong with the 90's eyebrow.

ILoveYourVibes · 31-08-2020 11:47pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Lord of the Rings was for nerds only before the films came out.
Same with GOT. Although a lot of fans of the series and films don't bother reading the books.

I read a bit of the hobbit ...honestly it seemed like they were in a forest for the entire book and that was it. That was the story.

AllForIt · 31-08-2020 11:49pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Lord of the Rings was for nerds only before the films came out.
Same with GOT. Although a lot of fans of the series and films don't bother reading the books.

That's cuz they know the ending.

ILoveYourVibes · 31-08-2020 11:50pm

FoxyVixen wrote: »

Chunky Caterpillar eyebrows are now in. Have been for a few years I guess at this point. I don't understand it. What was wrong with the 90's eyebrow.

A lot of young girls have thick eyebrows and long term plucking actually ruins them permanently. So for them the trend was a necessity. But then girls with thinner eyebrows started drawing them in ...in that overly blocked way....some are getting a better hang of it now.

But if you don't have naturally bushy brows its harder to do.

Also a lot of MUAS told older women it will make them look younger which is bs ...being younger makes you look younger.

Its a trend tho ..it will change. Hopefully people will just go with what their own brows do tho instead of messing around.

Dtp1979 · 31-08-2020 11:54pm

Nothing, and I mean nothing, looks more stupid on a woman’s face than changing her eyebrows From natural to bushy/HD/etc etc etc.

ILoveYourVibes · 01-09-2020 12:02am

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Nothing, and I mean nothing, looks more stupid on a woman’s face than changing her eyebrows From natural to bushy/HD/etc etc etc.

that makes us wanna do it more though

it suits some girls ..not me tho...my brows are naturally thinish..maybe when i am middle aged i will be bald there!

ILoveYourVibes · 01-09-2020 12:09am

veganism .....

Dtp1979 · 01-09-2020 12:14am

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

that makes us wanna do it more though

WHY? That doesn’t make sense.

ILoveYourVibes · 01-09-2020 12:22am

Dtp1979 wrote: »

WHY? That doesn’t make sense.

Yes it does ....look at modern lips ...look at fashion shows!

Who wants to be normal!??

They look ...odd ..different ..that is half the reason to do it.

Dtp1979 · 01-09-2020 12:34am

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Yes it does ....look at modern lips ...look at fashion shows!

Who wants to be normal!??

They look ...odd ..different ..that is half the reason to do it.

Modern fake lips are ridiculous looking. Christ. People on fashion shows don’t reflect what most people wear/look like.

ILoveYourVibes · 01-09-2020 12:38am

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Modern fake lips are ridiculous looking. Christ. People on fashion shows don’t reflect what most people wear/look like.

But it reflects an urge to be EXTRA ...different.

Pink hair was once ridiculous. Now its common place.

Fashion shows change what people were. I mean the materials used. Or the outline.

I mean if you had shown skinny jeans on men at one point that would be ..ridic ....and they came from the catwalk.

There are those that don't want to look like everyone else. And when they get it 'just right ' 'like so' ..then everyone else wants to look like them.

That is the way it works.

completedit · 01-09-2020 1:52am

Sandles with socks and crocs are both fashionable at best and inoffensive at worst nowadays. What a reversal in fortunes.

sasta le · 01-09-2020 2:22am

When i was growing up Marvel comics etc were nerdy now you have Dylan and Warren into it over de films

the purple tin · 01-09-2020 12:21pm

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Yes it does ....look at modern lips ...look at fashion shows!

Who wants to be normal!??

They look ...odd ..different ..that is half the reason to do it.

Are they making a new Hellraiser film?

whisky_galore · 01-09-2020 1:34pm

completedit wrote: »

Playing computer games in adulthood. It used to be seen as strange if a man played playstation past 18 but now it seems commonplace

Grown men liking superheroes

The geeks will inherit the earth.

Grown men using skateboards.

Ush1 · 01-09-2020 4:07pm

Big arses on women.

JohnnyFlash · 01-09-2020 4:14pm

Board games. Used to be for fighting families at Christmas and relatively easy to pick up and play, now played by adults and with rules that are almost impossible to understand and remember.

JasonStatham · 01-09-2020 5:16pm

90s jeans on women. Actually it wasn't lame in the 90s.

DoozerT6 · 01-09-2020 7:28pm

Anime, comic books and superheroes.

Knitting and crochet.

Staying in at the weekends, 'rona notwithstanding.

the purple tin · 01-09-2020 7:31pm

Baking bread.
Growing your own fruit and veg.
Those little 2 wheel shopping trolleys that the grannies used to love.

the purple tin · 01-09-2020 7:34pm

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I read a bit of the hobbit ...honestly it seemed like they were in a forest for the entire book and that was it. That was the story.

If you think that's bad, try reading The Old Man and The Sea.
It can put you comatose in ten minutes.

F5500 · 01-09-2020 7:39pm

Round rimmed glasses.

Used to be preserved for nerds, librarians and your Nan. Now they're uber trendy with young wans.

whisky_galore · 02-09-2020 1:25pm

Campervanning, formerly the preserve of a small number of grey nomads, hippies and visiting Continentals.

Skill Magill · 06-09-2020 6:51am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Penney's were selling Ramone's t-shirts worn by young ones who wouldn't be able to name one of their songs, about 15 years ago. I think you're a bit late to the party with the band t-shirts being cool for youths again.

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

I found the fact you could buy Metallica tees in Penneys a couple years ago beyond depressing.

FanadMan wrote: »

At least us middle aged fat rockers actually know the bands that are on our t-shirts. Was talking to a friends daughter recently.....she's about 19 or so. Commented on her Ramones t-shirt - she hadn't a feckin clue who they were!

I still have my battle vest and would wear it with pride if there were any gigs to go to.

joeguevara · 06-09-2020 7:03am

the purple tin wrote: »

If you think that's bad, try reading The Old Man and The Sea.
It can put you comatose in ten minutes.

In all fairness it’s 127 page in a half size book. Not much longer than 10 minutes to read. I loved it though. As told by Santiago the sentences were short and simple. But that’s the complexity. And that’s what made Hemingway a genius.

ILoveYourVibes · 06-09-2020 8:10am

selfies

Trends that you used to be lame but are now in

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